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Jiang R, Zhang J, Gao J, Xie Y, Wu L, Wang Y, Xu Z, Wu ZS, Yuan S, Xu G. Redox Promoted Rapid and Deep Reconstruction of Defect-Rich Nickel Precatalysts for Efficient Water Oxidation. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2401384. [PMID: 38940385 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202401384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2024] [Revised: 06/15/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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Understanding the reconstruction mechanism to rationally design cost-effective electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is still challenging. Herein, a defect-rich NiMoO4 precatalyst is used to explore its OER activity and reconstruction mechanism. In situ generated oxygen vacancies, distorted lattices, and edge dislocations expedite the deep reconstruction of NiMoO4 to form polycrystalline Ni (oxy)hydroxides for alkaline oxygen evolution. It only needs ≈230 and ≈285 mV to reach 10 and 100 mA cm-2, respectively. The reconstruction boosted by the redox of Ni is confirmed experimentally by sectionalized cyclic voltammetry activations at different specified potential ranges combined with ex situ characterization techniques. Subsequently, the reconstruction route is presented based on the acid-base electronic theory. Accordingly, the dominant contribution of the adsorbate evolution mechanism to reconstruction during oxygen evolution is revealed. This work develops a novel route to synthesize defect-rich materials and provides new tactics to investigate the reconstruction.
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- Renzheng Jiang
- Key Laboratory of Resources Chemicals and Materials of Ministry of Education, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, 110142, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resources Chemicals and Materials of Ministry of Education, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, 110142, China
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- Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR), 1 Pesek Road, Jurong Island, Singapore, 627833, Republic of Singapore
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- Key Laboratory of Resources Chemicals and Materials of Ministry of Education, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, 110142, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resources Chemicals and Materials of Ministry of Education, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, 110142, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resources Chemicals and Materials of Ministry of Education, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, 110142, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resources Chemicals and Materials of Ministry of Education, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, 110142, China
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Galkina I, Faid AY, Jiang W, Scheepers F, Borowski P, Sunde S, Shviro M, Lehnert W, Mechler AK. Stability of Ni-Fe-Layered Double Hydroxide Under Long-Term Operation in AEM Water Electrolysis. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2311047. [PMID: 38269475 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202311047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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Anion exchange membrane water electrolysis (AEMWE) is an attractive method for green hydrogen production. It allows the use of non-platinum group metal catalysts and can achieve performance comparable to proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers due to recent technological advances. While current systems already show high performances with available materials, research gaps remain in understanding electrode durability and degradation behavior. In this study, the performance and degradation tracking of a Ni3Fe-LDH-based single-cell is implemented and investigated through the correlation of electrochemical data using chemical and physical characterization methods. A performance stability of 1000 h, with a degradation rate of 84 µV h-1 at 1 A cm-2 is achieved, presenting the Ni3Fe-LDH-based cell as a stable and cost-attractive AEMWE system. The results show that the conductivity of the formed Ni-Fe-phase is one key to obtaining high electrolyzer performance and that, despite Fe leaching, change in anion-conducting binder compound, and morphological changes inside the catalyst bulk, the Ni3Fe-LDH-based single-cells demonstrate high performance and durability. The work reveals the importance of longer stability tests and presents a holistic approach of electrochemical tracking and post-mortem analysis that offers a guideline for investigating electrode degradation behavior over extended measurement periods.
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- Irina Galkina
- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Electrochemical Process Engineering (IEK-14), 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, 7491, Norway
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Electrochemical Process Engineering (IEK-14), 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Electrochemical Process Engineering (IEK-14), 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, 7491, Norway
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Electrochemical Process Engineering (IEK-14), 52425, Jülich, Germany
- Chemistry and Nanoscience Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO, 80401, USA
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Electrochemical Process Engineering (IEK-14), 52425, Jülich, Germany
- RWTH Aachen University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Modeling in Electrochemical Process Engineering, 52056, Aachen, Germany
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- RWTH Aachen University, Electrochemical Reaction Engineering (AVT.ERT), 52056, Aachen, Germany
- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Fundamentals of Electrochemistry (IEK-9), 52425, Jülich, Germany
- JARA-ENERGY, 52056, Aachen, Germany
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Ghosh S, Haycock D, Mehra N, Bera S, Johnson H, Roiban IL, Aouine M, Vernoux P, Thüne P, Schneider WF, Tsampas MN. Climbing the Hydrogen Evolution Volcano with a NiTi Shape Memory Alloy. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:933-939. [PMID: 38241729 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2024]
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Alkaline water electrolysis is a sustainable way to produce green hydrogen using renewable electricity. Even though the rates of the cathodic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) are 2-3 orders of magnitude less under alkaline conditions than under acidic conditions, the possibility of using non-precious metal catalysts makes alkaline HER appealing. We identify a novel and facile route for substantially improving HER performance via the use of commercially available NiTi shape memory alloys, which upon heating undergo a phase transformation from the monoclinic martensite to the cubic austenite structure. While the room-temperature performance is modest, austenitic NiTi outperforms Pt (which is the state-of-the-art HER electrocatalyst) in terms of current density by ≤50% at 80 °C. Surface ensembles presented by the austenite phase are computed with density functional theory to bind hydrogen more weakly than either metallic Ni or Ti and to have binding energies ideally suited for HER.
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- Sreetama Ghosh
- Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER), 5612AJ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- CO2 Research and Green Technologies Centre, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER), 5612AJ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA, Hoge Wei 33, 1930 Zaventem, Belgium
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- Univ. Lyon, Insa-Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS UMR 5510, Mateis, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Univ. Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS - UMR 5256, IRCELYON, 69626 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ. Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS - UMR 5256, IRCELYON, 69626 Villeurbanne, France
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- Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Postbus 2, 5600 AA Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER), 5612AJ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Haghverdi Khamene S, van Helvoirt C, Tsampas MN, Creatore M. Electrochemical Activation of Atomic-Layer-Deposited Nickel Oxide for Water Oxidation. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2023; 127:22570-22582. [PMID: 38037639 PMCID: PMC10683065 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c05002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023]
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NiO-based electrocatalysts, known for their high activity, stability, and low cost in alkaline media, are recognized as promising candidates for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). In parallel, atomic layer deposition (ALD) is actively researched for its ability to provide precise control over the synthesis of ultrathin electrocatalytic films, including film thickness, conformality, and chemical composition. This study examines how NiO bulk and surface properties affect the electrocatalytic performance for the OER while focusing on the prolonged electrochemical activation process. Two ALD methods, namely, plasma-assisted and thermal ALD, are employed as tools to deposit NiO films. Cyclic voltammetry analysis of ∼10 nm films in 1.0 M KOH solution reveals a multistep electrochemical activation process accompanied by phase transformation and delamination of activated nanostructures. The plasma-assisted ALD NiO film exhibits three times higher current density at 1.8 V vs RHE than its thermal ALD counterpart due to enhanced β-NiOOH formation during activation, thereby improving the OER activity. Additionally, the rougher surface formed during activation enhanced the overall catalytic activity of the films. The goal is to unravel the relationship between material properties and the performance of the resulting OER, specifically focusing on how the design of the material by ALD can lead to the enhancement of its electrocatalytic performance.
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- Sina Haghverdi Khamene
- Department
of Applied Physics and Science Education, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands
- DIFFER—Dutch
Institute For Fundamental Energy Research, Eindhoven 5612 AJ, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Applied Physics and Science Education, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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- DIFFER—Dutch
Institute For Fundamental Energy Research, Eindhoven 5612 AJ, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Applied Physics and Science Education, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands
- Eindhoven
Institute for Renewable Energy Systems (EIRES), Eindhoven 5600 MB, The Netherlands
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Gil-Rostra J, Castillo-Seoane J, Guo Q, Jorge Sobrido AB, González-Elipe A, Borrás A. Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting with ITO/WO 3/BiVO 4/CoPi Multishell Nanotubes Enabled by a Vacuum and Plasma Soft-Template Synthesis. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:9250-9262. [PMID: 36763985 PMCID: PMC9951206 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c19868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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A common approach for the photoelectrochemical (PEC) splitting of water relies on the application of WO3 porous electrodes sensitized with BiVO4 acting as a visible photoanode semiconductor. In this work, we propose a new architecture of photoelectrodes consisting of supported multishell nanotubes (NTs) fabricated by a soft-template approach. These NTs are formed by a concentric layered structure of indium tin oxide (ITO), WO3, and BiVO4, together with a final thin layer of cobalt phosphate (CoPi) co-catalyst. The photoelectrode manufacturing procedure is easily implementable at a large scale and successively combines the thermal evaporation of single crystalline organic nanowires (ONWs), the magnetron sputtering deposition of ITO and WO3, and the solution dripping and electrochemical deposition of, respectively, BiVO4 and CoPi, plus the annealing in air under mild conditions. The obtained NT electrodes depict a large electrochemically active surface and outperform the efficiency of equivalent planar-layered electrodes by more than one order of magnitude. A thorough electrochemical analysis of the electrodes illuminated with blue and solar lights demonstrates that the characteristics of the WO3/BiVO4 Schottky barrier heterojunction control the NT electrode efficiency, which depended on the BiVO4 outer layer thickness and the incorporation of the CoPi electrocatalyst. These results support the high potential of the proposed soft-template methodology for the large-area fabrication of highly efficient multishell ITO/WO3/BiVO4/CoPi NT electrodes for the PEC splitting of water.
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- Jorge Gil-Rostra
- Nanotechnology
on Surfaces and Plasma Lab. Instituto de
Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla (CSIC-US). Avenida de Américo Vespucio,
49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- Nanotechnology
on Surfaces and Plasma Lab. Instituto de
Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla (CSIC-US). Avenida de Américo Vespucio,
49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- School
of Engineering and eMaterials Science, Queen
Mary University of London, E1 4NS, London, UK
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- School
of Engineering and eMaterials Science, Queen
Mary University of London, E1 4NS, London, UK
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R. González-Elipe
- Nanotechnology
on Surfaces and Plasma Lab. Instituto de
Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla (CSIC-US). Avenida de Américo Vespucio,
49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- Nanotechnology
on Surfaces and Plasma Lab. Instituto de
Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla (CSIC-US). Avenida de Américo Vespucio,
49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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Sun J, Zhao R, Niu X, Xu M, Xu Z, Qin Y, Zhao W, Yang X, Han Y, Wang Q. In-situ reconstructed hollow iridium-cobalt oxide nanosphere for boosting electrocatalytic oxygen evolution in acid. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rebiai L, Muller-Bouvet D, Benyahia R, Torralba E, Viveros ML, Rocher V, Azimi S, Cachet-Vivier C, Bastide S. Photoelectrocatalytic conversion of urea under solar illumination using Ni decorated Ti-Fe2O3 electrodes. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Yang ZC, Cai HX, Bacha RUS, Ding SD, Pan QJ. Theoretical Investigation of Catalytic Water Splitting by the Arene-Anchored Actinide Complexes. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:11715-11724. [PMID: 35838526 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Actinide complexes, which could enable the electrocatalytic H2O reduction, are not well documented because of the fact that actinide-containing catalysts are precluded by extremely stable actinyl species. Herein, by using relativistic density functional theory calculations, the arene-anchored trivalent actinide complexes (Me,MeArO)3ArAn (marked as [AnL]) with desirable electron transport between metal and ligand arene are investigated for H2 production. The metal center is changed from Ac to Pu. Electron-spin density calculations reveal a two-electron oxidative process (involving high-valent intermediates) for complexes [AnL] (An = P-Pu) along the catalytic pathway. The electrons are provided by both the actinide metal and the arene ring of ligand. This is comparable to the previously reported uranium catalyst (Ad,MeArO)3mesU (Ad = adamantine and mes = mesitylene). From the thermodynamic and kinetic perspectives, [PaL] offers appreciably lower reaction energies for the overall catalytic cycle than other actinide complexes. Thus, the protactinium complex tends to be the most reactive for H2O reduction to produce H2 and has the advantage of its experimental accessibility.
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- Zhi-Ce Yang
- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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Effect of catalyst layer designs for high-performance and durable anion-exchange membrane water electrolysis. J IND ENG CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2022.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Lebedeva MV, Antropov AP, Ragutkin AV, Zaitsev NK, Yashtulov NA. Development of Electrode Nanomaterials for Alkaline Water Electrolysis. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s0040579521050262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Park JE, Park S, Kim MJ, Shin H, Kang SY, Cho YH, Sung YE. Three-Dimensional Unified Electrode Design Using a NiFeOOH Catalyst for Superior Performance and Durable Anion-Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c04117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ji Eun Park
- Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kangwon National University, Samcheok, Gangwon-do 25913, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
- School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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López-Fernández E, Sacedón CG, Gil-Rostra J, Yubero F, González-Elipe AR, de Lucas-Consuegra A. Recent Advances in Alkaline Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis and Electrode Manufacturing. Molecules 2021; 26:6326. [PMID: 34770735 PMCID: PMC8587517 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26216326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Revised: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Water electrolysis to obtain hydrogen in combination with intermittent renewable energy resources is an emerging sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. Among the available electrolyzer technologies, anion exchange membrane water electrolysis (AEMWE) has been paid much attention because of its advantageous behavior compared to other more traditional approaches such as solid oxide electrolyzer cells, and alkaline or proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers. Recently, very promising results have been obtained in the AEMWE technology. This review paper is focused on recent advances in membrane electrode assembly components, paying particular attention to the preparation methods for catalyst coated on gas diffusion layers, which has not been previously reported in the literature for this type of electrolyzers. The most successful methodologies utilized for the preparation of catalysts, including co-precipitation, electrodeposition, sol-gel, hydrothermal, chemical vapor deposition, atomic layer deposition, ion beam sputtering, and magnetron sputtering deposition techniques, have been detailed. Besides a description of these procedures, in this review, we also present a critical appraisal of the efficiency of the water electrolysis carried out with cells fitted with electrodes prepared with these procedures. Based on this analysis, a critical comparison of cell performance is carried out, and future prospects and expected developments of the AEMWE are discussed.
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- Ester López-Fernández
- Laboratory of Nanotechnology on Surfaces and Plasma, Institute of Materials Science of Seville (CSIC-University Sevilla), Av. Américo Vespucio 49, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain; (J.G.-R.); (F.Y.); (A.R.G.-E.)
- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Avda. Camilo José Cela 12, E-13071 Ciudad Real, Spain;
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Avda. Camilo José Cela 12, E-13071 Ciudad Real, Spain;
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- Laboratory of Nanotechnology on Surfaces and Plasma, Institute of Materials Science of Seville (CSIC-University Sevilla), Av. Américo Vespucio 49, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain; (J.G.-R.); (F.Y.); (A.R.G.-E.)
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- Laboratory of Nanotechnology on Surfaces and Plasma, Institute of Materials Science of Seville (CSIC-University Sevilla), Av. Américo Vespucio 49, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain; (J.G.-R.); (F.Y.); (A.R.G.-E.)
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- Laboratory of Nanotechnology on Surfaces and Plasma, Institute of Materials Science of Seville (CSIC-University Sevilla), Av. Américo Vespucio 49, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain; (J.G.-R.); (F.Y.); (A.R.G.-E.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Avda. Camilo José Cela 12, E-13071 Ciudad Real, Spain;
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Hao W, Fan J, Xu X, Zhang Y, Lv H, Wang S, Deng S, Weng S, Guo Y. Sulfur doped FeO x nanosheet arrays supported on nickel foam for efficient alkaline seawater splitting. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:13312-13319. [PMID: 34608917 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt02506f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Developing economical, efficient and stable bifunctional catalysts for hydrogen production from seawater is of great significance for hydrogen utilization. Herein, sulfur doped iron oxide nanosheet arrays supported on nickel foam (FeOx-Ni3S2@NF) are prepared by a one-pot solvothermal reaction. Owing to the high intrinsic activity of FeOx-Ni3S2, the large catalytic specific surface area of nanosheet arrays and the fast charge transportation capability achieved by the self-supporting configuration, the FeOx-Ni3S2@NF electrode delivers excellent catalytic performance in alkaline simulated seawater (1 M KOH + 0.5 M NaCl). Impressively, a low overpotential of 120 mV at 50 mA cm-2 with a Tafel slope of 57 mV dec-1 for the hydrogen evolution reaction and an overpotential of 470 mV at 200 mA cm-2 with a Tafel slope of 62 mV dec-1 for the oxygen evolution reaction are achieved. More importantly, the voltage is only 1.5 V at 50 mA cm-2 for continuous overall water splitting for 100 h at 200 mA cm-2 with negligible decay in alkaline simulated seawater with almost 100% Faraday efficiency. This work provides a simple and universal strategy to prepare highly efficient bifunctional catalytic materials, promoting the development of Earth-abundant materials to catalyse seawater splitting to produce high-purity hydrogen.
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- Weiju Hao
- University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
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- University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
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- University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
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- University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
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- University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
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- University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
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- University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
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- Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China.
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Zhang L, Zhu Y, Nie Z, Li Z, Ye Y, Li L, Hong J, Bi Z, Zhou Y, Hu G. Co/MoC Nanoparticles Embedded in Carbon Nanoboxes as Robust Trifunctional Electrocatalysts for a Zn-Air Battery and Water Electrocatalysis. ACS NANO 2021; 15:13399-13414. [PMID: 34346677 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c03766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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To meet the application needs of rechargeable Zn-air battery and electrocatalytic overall water splitting (EOWS), developing high-efficiency, cost-effective, and durable trifunctional catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution, and reduction reaction (OER and ORR) is extremely paramount yet challenging. Herein, the interface engineering concept and nanoscale hollowing design were proposed to fabricate N-doping carbon nanoboxes confined with Co/MoC nanoparticles. Uniform zeolitic imidazolate framework nanocube was employed as the starting material to construct the trifunctional electrocatalyst through the conformal polydopamine-Mo layer coating and the subsequent pyrolysis treatment. The Co@IC/MoC@PC catalyst displayed superior electrochemical ORR performances with a positive half-wave potential of 0.875 V and a high limiting current density of 5.89 mA/cm2. When practically employed as an electrocatalyst in regenerative Zn-air battery, a high specific capacity of 728 mAh/g, a large peak power density of 221 mW/cm2, a high open-circuit voltage of 1.482 V, and a low charge/discharge voltage gap of 0.41 V were obtained. Moreover, its practicability was further exploited by overall water splitting, affording low overpotentials of 277 and 68 mV at 10 mA/cm2 for the OER and HER in 1 M KOH solution, respectively, and a decent operating potential of 1.57 V for EOWS. Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory calculation revealed that the Co/MoC interface synergistically facilitated the charge-transfer, thereby contributing to the enhancements of electrocatalytic ORR/OER/HER processes. More importantly, this catalyst design concept can offer some interesting prospects for the construction of outstanding trifunctional catalysts toward various energy conversion and storage devices.
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- Lei Zhang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Mining Response and Disaster Prevention and Control in Deep Coal Mines, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, Anhui 232001, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Mining Response and Disaster Prevention and Control in Deep Coal Mines, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, Anhui 232001, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Mining Response and Disaster Prevention and Control in Deep Coal Mines, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, Anhui 232001, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Mining Response and Disaster Prevention and Control in Deep Coal Mines, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, Anhui 232001, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Mining Response and Disaster Prevention and Control in Deep Coal Mines, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, Anhui 232001, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Mining Response and Disaster Prevention and Control in Deep Coal Mines, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, Anhui 232001, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Mining Response and Disaster Prevention and Control in Deep Coal Mines, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, Anhui 232001, P. R. China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan 650504, P. R. China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Marine Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology College, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316004, P. R. China
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- Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes, School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan 650504, P. R. China
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Hai G, Huang J, Cao L, Kajiyoshi K, Wang L, Feng L, Liu Y, Pan L. Fe, Ni-codoped W 18O 49 grown on nickel foam as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for boosted water splitting. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:11604-11609. [PMID: 34355722 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt01468d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Designing cost-effective bifunctional catalysts with high-performance and durability is of great significance for renewable energy systems. Herein, typical Fe, Ni-codoped W18O49/NF was prepared via a simple solvothermal method. The incorporation of Fe ions enhanced the electronic interaction and enlarged the electrochemically active surface area. The increased W4+ leads to a high proportion of unsaturated W[double bond, length as m-dash]O bonds, thus enhancing the adsorption capacity of water. The valence configuration of nickel (Ni) sites in such dual-cation doping is well adjusted, realizing a high proportion of trivalent Ni ions (Ni3+). Due to the orbital interactions, the Fe3+/Ni3+ ions and OER reaction intermediates exhibit strong orbital overlap. The positions of the valence band and conduction band are well modulated. As a result, the Fe, Ni-codoped W18O49/NF shows improved electrocatalytic activity, and achieves a low decomposition voltage of 1.58 V at 10 mA cm-2 and retains long-time stability.
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- Guojuan Hai
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Functionalization for Inorganic Materials, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China.
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Qiu HJ, Johnson I, Chen L, Cong W, Ito Y, Liu P, Han J, Fujita T, Hirata A, Chen M. Graphene-coated nanoporous nickel towards a metal-catalyzed oxygen evolution reaction. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:10916-10924. [PMID: 34128521 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr02074a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Developing highly active electrocatalysts with low costs and long durability for oxygen evolution reactions (OERs) is crucial towards the practical implementations of electrocatalytic water-splitting and rechargeable metal-air batteries. Anodized nanostructured 3d transition metals and alloys with the formation of OER-active oxides/hydroxides are known to have high catalytic activity towards OERs but suffer from poor electrical conductivity and electrochemical stability in harsh oxidation environments. Here we report that high OER activity can be achieved from the metallic state of Ni which is passivated by atomically thick graphene in a three-dimensional nanoporous architecture. As a free-standing catalytic anode, the non-oxide transition metal catalyst shows a low OER overpotential, high OER current density and long cycling lifetime in alkaline solutions, benefiting from the high electrical conductivity and low impedance resistance for charge transfer and transport. This study may pave a new way to develop high efficiency transition metal OER catalysts for a wide range of applications in renewable energy.
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- Hua-Jun Qiu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Polar Materials and Devices, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8573, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China and WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. and WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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Due to its characteristics, hydrogen is considered the energy carrier of the future. Its use as a fuel generates reduced pollution, as if burned it almost exclusively produces water vapor. Hydrogen can be produced from numerous sources, both of fossil and renewable origin, and with as many production processes, which can use renewable or non-renewable energy sources. To achieve carbon neutrality, the sources must necessarily be renewable, and the production processes themselves must use renewable energy sources. In this review article the main characteristics of the most used hydrogen production methods are summarized, mainly focusing on renewable feedstocks, furthermore a series of relevant articles published in the last year, are reviewed. The production methods are grouped according to the type of energy they use; and at the end of each section the strengths and limitations of the processes are highlighted. The conclusions compare the main characteristics of the production processes studied and contextualize their possible use.
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ABDEL HALEEM A, NAGASAWA K, KURODA Y, NISHIKI Y, ZAENAL A, MITSUSHIMA S. A New Accelerated Durability Test Protocol for Water Oxidation Electrocatalysts of Renewable Energy Powered Alkaline Water Electrolyzers. ELECTROCHEMISTRY 2021. [DOI: 10.5796/electrochemistry.20-00156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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